Retirement
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Users now have the option to use facial recognition or a fingerprint to log into their TSP accounts from their phones.
July 08, 2024 -
After posting positive returns in May, the Thrift Savings Plan saw two negative returns in June 2024.
July 01, 2024 -
Soon-to-retire feds, are you ready for your post-work life?
July 01, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast, younger Thrift Savings Plan participants will soon see a new investment option in the TSP.
July 01, 2024 -
Applying for federal retirement is a complex process. Here’s a breakdown of what paperwork you need, when you need it, and what comes next.
June 28, 2024 -
Social Security taxes start automatically the day you start working. But when the time comes you have got to file an application to get your benefits.
June 28, 2024 -
Federal employees thinking about retirement --and if you're not, you should be -- tend to concentrate on what they can save.
June 27, 2024 -
TSP investors seem to be getting more aggressive, judging by the mix of funds they're investing in.
June 21, 2024 -
A fake news article suggested that beneficiaries would get an immediate $600 payment increase.
June 13, 2024 -
May's backlog is just 1,035 claims higher than the steady state goal of 13,000, the lowest backlog OPM has seen since May of 2016.
June 06, 2024 -
For many people thinking about retirement is axiomatic. It might be wise to think through this strategy a little more carefully.
June 06, 2024 -
Where should you retire? What state or city can have big consequences for finances and satisfaction. People retiring from military service have extra considerations, such as access to Veterans Affairs services or post-retirement job prospects.…
June 04, 2024 -
Current law only allows for feds to lose their pensions for conviction on national security charges.
May 15, 2024 -
April’s backlog is 3,077 claims higher than the steady state goal of 13,000, but is the lowest backlog level OPM has seen since December of 2023.
May 10, 2024 -
In the long run we're all dead. It's the 25 or 30 years before departure, the retirement years, that we've really got to worry about.
May 09, 2024